wedding invitations

Blank invitations are great, you can add your own text and be creative instead of relying on stock standard text from card companies. So what occasions are appropriate to use blank invitations? I’ve made a list of occasions when you can use blank invitations these include weddings, birthday parties, engagement parties, thank you cards, baby showers, housewarming and sympathy cards to name a few. I will now expand and give a quick description on a few.

Wedding Invitations

Weddings are one of the most important days in a person’s life. Planning can last month’s even years and the wedding invitation is an important component of any wedding planning. Much money and time is spent on choosing the correct invitations. Couples normally choose blank invitations and then tailor them with their own personal text. Shops can print text onto cards for a small fee. (continue reading…)

It was a simple paper card and the message well delivered. It was beautiful …and cards like this are rare in the age of e-mails, SMS, and Internet.

Nowadays, interactive and digital cards or also known as e-cards sent through Internet is the trend. But the paper cards like this have their own beauty and followers.

Remember, how wonderful it was to receive a greeting card from someone very special…kept the card in our collection for years.

In sending these cards, one have to take the trouble to look around for a suitable card, buy it, write the words on it and then post it. In a nutshell, only someone who is sincere and serious in sending you the wishes will send you the card.

And it is even more meaningful when the card is handed over personally. (continue reading…)

Much of today’s event invitation etiquette comes from the elegant Victorian times when embossed invitations to social events were double-enveloped, padded with tissue, spritzed with perfume and hand-delivered by servants. While remnants of this ultra-formal style are still observed for fancy parties such as weddings or black-tie events, everyday etiquette has evolved with the times. However, certain rules still apply when extending invitations to a party.

Invitation Style
A well-chosen invitation lets the recipient know the details of the event, as well as the atmosphere and style of the celebration. A backyard barbecue invitation will be different from a baby shower invitation or a graduation party, both in design and in information you include. You can find invitation templates for nearly any occasion. Spend some time in choosing the style of invitation so that you’ll be satisfying one of the most important rules of invitation etiquette, which is letting guests know the style and expectations for your party.

What to Include
There’s more to writing out an invitation than just the date and time. A good invitation should inform the guests of everything they need to know in order to attend the celebration, as well as what to expect:

* Name of the person hosting the event.
* What the invitation is for (for example, a baby shower or birthday party). (continue reading…)

Engagement parties are a great way to announce your forthcoming marriage and to gather friends and family together to meet each other and celebrate with you. However, the etiquette around engagement parties can be tricky, especially as the party should never be hosted by the couple themselves, but by a friend or family member on their behalf.

Engagement invitations need to be very clear in the information they provide, so that guests know who is actually getting married and who is hosting the engagement party, as well as all the party details.

Here are seven of the elements you could include in your engagement invitations:

1.Details of who is getting engaged

This may seem obvious, but it is crucial that your engagement invitations are clear about the fact that you are actually getting married. Many engagement invitation designs have the word ‘engagement’ printed on them and this helps to relay the message loud and clear. For an informal invite that is clearly designed for an engagement you could say something like:

“Celebrate the future of Jane and Mark on …” (continue reading…)